Grants awarded
Who does The Lerner Foundation fund?
The Lerner Foundation has awarded $9.5 million across 131 grants to 56 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in foundations & grantmakers. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $5,000 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $24,750 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$9.5M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
56
Grants
131
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
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$2.8M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| C Cleveland Orchestra | $2.1M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1.3M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| M Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | $600K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jewish Federation of Cleveland | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cleveland Clinic - Velosano | $300K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
United Way of Greater Cleveland Fund
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$280K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| W World Jewish Congress | $235K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cleveland Clinic Children's | $195K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| F Foundation for Art & Preservation in Embassies | $120K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | $114K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cleveland Clinic - Covid Research | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Cleveland Kosher Food Pantry | $100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $60K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Greater Cleveland Food Bank | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Temple Tifereth Israel | $50K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| T The Park Snyagogue | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U United Way of Greater Cleveland | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U US Holocaust Memorial Museum | $50K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lifeline Pilots | $32K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wags 4 Kids | $26K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cedars-Sinai | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
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$16K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| C Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Pain Management | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hold on to Your Music Foundation | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$11K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
| D Down Syndrome Achieves | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Forest Hills Jewish Center | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| H Homes for Life Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bikur Cholim | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Cleveland Foundation
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | OH | |
| N New York Historical Society Museum Library | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| O Oheb Zedek-Cedar Sinai Synagogue | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OH | |
Values-In-Action Foundation
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$7K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | OH | |
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$7K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| M Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | $7K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Great Lakes Science Center | $6K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Edwins Leadership and Restaurantinstitute
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OH | |
| L Little Heroes INC | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | ID | |
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| C Creative Living for Life INC | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| T The City College of New York | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Temple-Tifereth Israel | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mandel Jewish Community Center | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$4K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$3K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| C Crohn's & Colitis Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I In Steps with Horses | $2K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hunting Valley Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Western Reserve Historical Society | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Na'amat USA | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Telshe Yeshiva | $360 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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